Whereas in the matter of import of Ferro Silicon, falling under sub-heading No. 7202.21 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) originating in, or exported from, Russia, China and Iran, the Designated Authority vide its preliminary findings, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 21^st November, 2000, has come to the conclusion that -

(i)        ferro-silicon, originating in or exported from Russia and China has been exported to India below normal value, resulting in dumping;

(ii)       the domestic industry has suffered injury;

(iii)       injury has been caused by imports from the subject countries;

and  has considered it necessary to impose anti-dumping duty, provisionally, pending final determination, on all imports of  Ferro Silicon, originating in, or exported from, Russia and China;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, read with rule 13 and rule 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government on the basis of the above findings of the Designated Authority hereby imposes on Ferro Silicon falling under sub-heading Nos. 7202.21 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, country specified in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto, when exported by exporters  mentioned against the corresponding  country in column (3) of the said Table, and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at the rate which is equivalent to the difference between the corresponding amount mentioned in Column (4) of the said Table and the landed value of such imported Ferro Silicon per metric tonne.

2.      The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 25^th day of June 2001.